IMagine DC Launches A New What If? Style Series...What Would You Wanna See?

[DrNewGod]

What if New Genesis and Apokalips *were the same planet* at different ends of the timeline, with Darkseid hoping to fully replace the New Genesis timeline with one where he alone rules and the entire universe is remade in his dark image, and Highfather realizing that the universe cannot exist without balance, and that *both* extremes are needed, one world anchored at the Dawn of Creation, representing hope and life and light, and the other squatting at the End of All, representing death and despair and darkness.

Unfortunately, not all of the New Gods are 'with the program,' and some mistakenly think that destroying Darkseid and Apokalips is the way to 'win', which, if they succeeded, would instead throw the entire cosmos into catastrophic imbalance...

That's quite an interesting one.

[j9ac9k]

What if Abin Sur crash landed on Themyscira?

I'm not sure how that would have changed anything unless it meant that Guy was closer than Hal and he would've ended up with the ring. The ring chose Sur's successor from all earthlings so it shouldn't matter where it landed. Unless there are other implications you were thinking...?

[Zero Hunter]

I think that one is inevitable. Don't know when it'll happen, but eventually we'll see it.


One coming out of recent developments: What if Tim Drake came out of the closet much earlier on in his career?

What if Tim Drake had at any time in his own 100+ issue series even hinted he was into guys instead of it just coming out of nowhere because they have not known what to do with Tim since they introduced Damian so they decided to just make him bi?

[DrNewGod]

I'm not sure how that would have changed anything unless it meant that Guy was closer than Hal and he would've ended up with the ring. The ring chose Sur's successor from all earthlings so it shouldn't matter where it landed. Unless there are other implications you were thinking...?

Unless both Hal and Guy were closer than an equally worthy Amazon in non-What-If continuity. If nothing else, the notion puts a serious spin on Star Sapphire. That's before we even talk about the idea of Abin Sur, rather than Steve Trevor being the first male on Paradise Island.

All told, this makes for a pretty good Elseworlds.

[John Venus]

What if Tim Drake had at any time in his own 100+ issue series even hinted he was into guys instead of it just coming out of nowhere because they have not known what to do with Tim since they introduced Damian so they decided to just make him bi?

The real world reasoning is that they didn't think of it and the writer of his 90's ongoing was a known homophobe. The in-universe reasoning is that he didn't realize it until much later because sexuality is a process of discovery and Tim being bi does not contradict any of his previously established history.

[John Venus]

What if Katma Tui never died at Star Saphhire's hands? Would she and John be raising half alien babies in the present?

[Vathlonian]

What if...Jor-el’s Superman, Hippolyta’s Wonder Woman, and Thomas Wayne’s Batman were the golden age DC trinity during WWII

[Mutant God]

What if young Bruce Wayne became SHAZAM?
What if Bruce Wayne became Dr. Fate instead of Batman?
What if Superman or Batman killed Maxwell Lord instead?
What if Joker killed Dick instead?
What if Kate Kane was on Suicide Squad instead of Rick Flag?
What if Batman had contingency plans for the Batfamily?
What if members of the justice league were sidekicks to the justice society?

[marhawkman]

What if Carol Ferris had crash landed on Paradise Island before becoming Star Sapphire?

The idea here is that if Carol Ferris was a better fighter, perhaps Hal would have to get more.... creative to beat her. Perhaps even finding a weakness of the Sapphire equivalent to how GL rings didn't work on yellow back in the day.

[Sutekh]

What if...Jor-el’s Superman, Hippolyta’s Wonder Woman, and Thomas Wayne’s Batman were the golden age DC trinity during WWII

Ooh, that would be a funky way to fold the Earth 2 versions of those characters into a totally different sort of Earth 1 (where Clark went through the journey that Jon is going through right now of assuming the mantle of Superman, Bruce followed in the footsteps of his father, etc.).

[Slaughter]

What if ...Superman had stayed dead after his fight with Doomsday?

Things go more or less as they went until the Kryptonian Battlesuit showed up in Metropolis Harbour.

Steel, Superboy and Matrix Supergirl go to Coast City. Hal Jordan shows up and beats Mongul. Eradicator doesn't have to jump in to save the real deal Superman, so he can focus on beating the Cyborg. I think that between the five of them, they can beat Hank Henshaw - especially if they use all the kryptonite fuel lying around.

Luthor might be able to snag some of that kryptonite. I think in canon he almost did but Superman to swoop in to save him from something. Don't remember if it was the real deal or synthetic.

I think Steel and Superboy kind of share the mantle and protect Metropolis. Steel might go to DC and abandon the S shield for a while until he sorts things out there, leaving Mae and Superboy to protect Metropolis. Eradicator never assimilates the personality of David Conner (he wans't David, he just took the personality), but after all that happened, he probably leaves to go around and discover what it means to be Superman, becoming one of the outsiders for some years.

Superboy never goes to Hawaii because he feels Metropolis needs him (I don't remember why Tana Moon left tho, she might stay anyway).

No Clone Wars because without Superman and Lois' interference, Lex gets a cure through a remade Bizarro. Clones start dying but Cadmus heals them anyway. Lex Luthor II is still a thing and considered a good guy.



Lois continues being a widow, she might leave Metropolis due to all the memories. I think Lois would be an excellent candidate for Star Sapphire in the future, as Carol's backup.

[Vathlonian]

Ooh, that would be a funky way to fold the Earth 2 versions of those characters into a totally different sort of Earth 1 (where Clark went through the journey that Jon is going through right now of assuming the mantle of Superman, Bruce followed in the footsteps of his father, etc.).

You can even make Jor-el assume the mantle of Jonathan kent, marry a beautiful farm gal named Mary Kent, and give birth to Clark Kent

Who becomes the silver age Superman during 1962

Bruce Wayne is the first Robin and his post-war experiences with the JSA and his rift with his murderous father causes him to get darker

[Mutant God]

What if...Jor-el’s Superman, Hippolyta’s Wonder Woman, and Thomas Wayne’s Batman were the golden age DC trinity during WWII

You can even make Jor-el assume the mantle of Jonathan kent, marry a beautiful farm gal named Mary Kent, and give birth to Clark Kent

Who becomes the silver age Superman during 1962

Bruce Wayne is the first Robin and his post-war experiences with the JSA and his rift with his murderous father causes him to get darker

And maybe he gives up his powers so can have kids with a human.

With Bruce you could add elements of the tv show Gotham.

WW - would Hippolyta be made of clay and Diane's father would be Zeus (who was pretending to be Steve Trevor)?

[John Venus]

-What if Jor-El and Lara came to earth with Kal on the rocket ship?

-What if one of Bruce's parents survived the shooting along with Bruce? Either Thomas or Martha but I am leaning towards Martha.

[witchboy]

What if Jason hadn't died?
What if Superman had stayed dead?
What if Bane had paralyzed Bruce for life?
What if Kara had arrived on Earth at the same time as Kal?
What if Clark had become a police officer instead of a reporter?
What if Batman had killed the Joker after the Killing Joke and Jason's murder?
What if Selina had become a vigilante hero instead of a thief in Year One?
What if Kal had died on Krypton?